Bitcoin is grinding higher and holding firm near $92,000.
Over the past 24 hours, BTC traded between $90,110 and $92,689, posting a +1.63% gain on the day. CoinShares data shows last week saw $404 million in BTC ETP outflows, but the tone is shifting—BlackRock and Fidelity pulled in a combined $117 million today, suggesting capital is flowing back in.
On derivatives, Binance perpetual volume hit $477 million, with the long/short ratio close to neutral, pointing to a balanced but tense market.
Eyes are now on a clean break above $93,000. Tonight’s CPI release could be the catalyst that decides whether BTC expands higher or pauses here. $ETH
Monero exploded more than 40% in the last 24 hours, briefly breaking above $1,000 on Chinese exchanges. Coinglass data shows XMR futures open interest at an all-time high — and the majority of it is shorts. Yes, short sellers are officially testing their mental strength.
BNB has officially overtaken XRP to claim the fourth spot by market capitalization, with its market cap reaching $12.4 billion.
On the surface, the rally is being driven by a $100 million liquidity support program, a $200,000 allocation toward Meme coin development, and steadily rising on-chain transaction fees.
But the real driver runs deeper.
The market is front-running the Fermi hard fork. This upgrade is expected to deliver a major performance boost to BNB Chain, sharply increasing TPS. That matters especially for high-frequency trading and the Meme coin ecosystem, where speed and throughput decide which chain attracts liquidity.
In short, this isn’t just a headline flip. It’s a bet on what BNB Chain becomes after Fermi, not what it is today. $BTC $BNB $ETH
South Korea is set to open the door to corporate crypto investments in 2026.
According to Seoul Economic News, financial regulators are working on a new investment framework that could allow listed companies and professional investors to legally allocate capital to cryptocurrencies as early as next year.
As the world’s third-largest crypto market, South Korea welcoming corporate money would be a major incremental catalyst for the entire industry.
Japan moves in 2025. South Korea follows in 2026. Asia is rapidly becoming the center of crypto institutionalization.
US ETFs were only the first step — the real shift is the global opening of corporate balance sheets to crypto. $BTC $ETH $BNB
U.S. December CPI Meets Expectations, Markets Stay Calm
January 13 update: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest inflation data, showing no surprises.
The December unadjusted CPI rose 2.7% year-on-year, exactly matching both market forecasts and the previous reading. On a month-on-month basis, the seasonally adjusted CPI increased by 0.3%, also fully in line with expectations.
Market reaction was muted. The DXY dollar index saw minimal short-term movement, while Bitcoin and U.S. stock index futures remained steady—clear signs that investors had already priced in this data.